Youth stabbed to death in market
Ludhiana, May 26
A youth was stabbed to death in broad daylight allegedly by a group of friends-turned-foes of the victim in New Veer Nagar, Salem
Tabri, here today.

BJP councillors protest against slack development
Ludhiana, May 26
Charging the Municipal Corporation authorities with pursuing a pick-and-choose policy for carrying out development works in the city, several councillors belonging to the BJP held a day-long dharna in front of the office of Joint Commissioner in the MC headquarters here today.

BJP councillors and party workers hold a dharna in
front of the Joint Commissioner’s office in Ludhiana on Thursday.
— Photo by IV

Man accused of rape acquitted
Ludhiana, May 26
The Additional Sessions Judge, Mr S. P. Bangarh has acquitted Shamsher Singh of Model Town, accused of kidnapping and raping a girl of Kakowal village, as the charges levelled against him could not be proved.

Caught in the
rain: A motorcyclist and his pillion rider brave sudden showers that lashed Ludhiana
on Thursday afternoon. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Three injured in group attack
Ludhiana, May 26
Tension gripped Shiv Puri colony last
evening when a group of armed persons attacked some employees of the office and liquor kiosk of Mr Dimple Rana, president, District Youth Congress after some heated exchange with some unidentified persons who had
consumed liquor in the ahata room of the kiosk. Tapeshwar Jha, Naresh
Kumar, Angrej Singh, all workers with Mr Rana, were injured in the attack.
According to Mr Rana some persons were having liquor in the ahata and
started quarreling with each other.

Man commits suicide
Jagraon May 26
A resident of Sidhwanbet villages, alleged to have committed suicide after being harassed by three persons.
According to information, Kulwant Singh of Khanzarwal village, Harminder Singh of Ahmedgarh and Jaswinder Singh Kala of Abupura village harassed Mukhtiar Singh of Sidhwanbet for payment of bill against milk to the extent that Mukhtiar Singh committed suicide by consuming acid-mixed milk.

Settlers demand ownership rights
Ludhiana, May 26
Settlers on the forest land in various districts of Punjab have been staging a relay dharna outside the Deputy Commissioner’s office here for the past several days.

Ludhiana, May 26
To protest against the suspension of Ghumar Mandi ITI Principal Tejinder Singh, various federations of ITIs held a demonstration at ITI here today.
Students of various ITIs block the Rani Jhansi road in protest against the suspension
of Principal Tejinder Singh.

Pool party at Khanna school
Ludhiana, May 26
With summers at its peak, students of Green Grove Public School enjoyed swimming and pool party here yesterday. The Kindergarten kids had a time of their life inside the pool, screaming, jumping and splashing water.

‘Transplant update’ at DMCH on May 28
Ludhiana, May 26
Leading urologists and nephrologists, besides other prominent doctors and surgeons from Delhi, Chandigarh and several places in Punjab would get together at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital
here on May 28 to attend the ‘transplant update’.

Sunil Dutt’s death mourned
Ludhiana, May 26
The sports fraternity here has expressed shock over the tragic news of Union Minister for Sports Sunil Dutt’s death. Players, representatives of different sports associations, sports promoters and sports organisers have termed it the national loss. They called Mr Dutt a very seasoned leader, a dedicated person and above all an able administrator.

Badminton panel denies allegations of funds’ misuse
Ludhiana, May 26
The Ludhiana District Badminton Association (LDBA) has denied the allegations that donations collected by the association to provide financial assistance to the widow of a former national badminton champion Harish
Chander

IG honours 7 cops
Ludhiana, May 26
Mr S.M. Sharma, I.G. Zonal Patiala, has called upon the police officers to develop excellent level of communication up to the lower level and establish better association and understanding with the prominent people to further improve the functioning of police in maintaining law and order and checking the crime.

Drive to remove
encroachments
Ludhiana, May 26
Deputy Commissioner Anurag Verma has directed the officers of the PWD and Mandi Board to launch one month long drive to clear the encroachments made by the people along both sides of link roads in the district and to install the pillars indicating the actual width of the road.